The Hermit's Lamp Podcast - A place for witches, hermits, mystics, healers, and seekers

EP12 Community, Cards, & Art – An Interview with Carrie Paris

Carrie Paris and I talk about making art. Carrie has some amazing practices around making custom art and mandalas for her clients. The conversation weaves in and out of what it like to live as an artist, reader and maker of magic.

If you enjoyed this please check out carrierparis.com to find out more about Carrie and top shop for her wonderful creations.

Andrew McGregor

“Magpie Oracle” image by Carrie Paris.

 

EP11 Folk Magic and Card Reading with Camelia Elias

Camelia and I talk about folks magic. What it is like to grow up with card readers around. We even reveal the most important and powerful secret of folk magic – its practical down to earth nature.

We also talked about The Magiculum a collection of writings on magic.

If you enjoyed this podcast I’d suggest you go find Camelia at her TarotFlexions website here.

Andrew McGregor

“Match” image by Markus Grossalber. Used under Creative Commons License.

 

EP10 Kindness, Compassion, & Tarot with Theresa Reed

 

 

 

In this interview Theresa Reed and I talk about how to live with kindness. From the web to raising kids we share some thoughts and tools from our own journey trying to make the world a nicer place. And yes we talk about how bonkers emotions can make us.

If you like what you hear go check out Theresa’s great website and blog over at thetarotlady.com.

Andrew McGregor

“Kindness” image by Jennifer. Used under Creative Commons License.

 

EP09 Choice, Gender, and Tarot – An interview with Gail Fairfield

In this interview Gail and I talk about gender, the court cards, choice, learning tarot in the 70’s and much more.

An interview with Gail Fairfield. To download this file please right click the link and chose “save” on a PC, or option + click on a MAC or get it through iTunes here.

If you’d like to get in touch with Gail you can send her an email by clicking here.

Thanks for listening. 
Andrew McGregor

“Tree” image by Forest Wanderer used under Creative Commons License.

EP08 Old School Tarot – An interview with Yoav Ben-Dov

Old School Tarot – An interview with Yoav Ben-Dov

In this interview Yoav and I talk about magic, the tarot, psychology and the wonderful Marseille tarot. If you are not a fan of the older decks perhaps this conversation will encourage you to give the a second look.

An interview with Yoav Ben-Dov To download this file please right click the link and chose “save” on a PC, or option + click on a MAC or get it through iTunes here.

Please go and check out what Yoav is up to on his website. You can also get both Yoav’s deck and book at the Lamp online or in person in Toronto.

Thanks for listening. 
Andrew McGregor

BONUS Learn to Love the Thoth Tarot Talk

Why you should give the Thoth Tarot another chance.

I gave this short talk on the virtues of the Thoth Tarot by Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris. I talk about; the superstitions and fear that surrounds and why you should not give it any attention, how the esoteric elements (like astrology, qabala, or alchemy)  help inform the meaning in straight forward language, the value of pairing major cards to deepen our understanding, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff. I also give a brief pitch for my upcoming intensive 8 week class on mastering this deck.

If you’d like to learn more about the class I am running you can find all the details here.

Thanks for listening. 
Andrew McGregor

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EP07 Predictive Reading – An Interview with Rana George

Rana and I in Dallas.

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I had the joy of getting to meet Rana George while I was in Dallas last fall teaching tarot. I had not really been that interested in learning Lenormand reading but after taking her workshop it caught my interest. It is very focused and offers a much more predictive approach to card reading than tarot. In this interview we talk about the predicting the future in readings and raising future generations of readers.

You can listen to the episode here.

We reference a few things in the interview you might like to check out.
10th dimensional space on youtube.
Rana’s Book The Essential Lenormand: Your Guide to Precise & Practical Fortunetelling (affiliate link)
Rana’s website

If you enjoy this interview please share it with your friends.
Thanks for listening.
Andrew McGregor

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BONUS A great tarot talk and a free spread to use with the major arcana.

I gave a talk recently in celebration of my new tarot deck “Tarot Waiting to Happen”  This deck is an exploration of what happens to the characters in the tarot before they end up in the scenes we are used to seeing. In this recording I talk about why I created the deck and my artistic process. I also speak to some thoughts behind each card. I perform a reading for someone using the spread I created to go with my deck. I think there is great value in seeing the reading process in action and I hope you will get a lot out of the recording. You don’t need my deck to get a lot out of the recording but if you are moved to get your own copy you can buy one here. They are 1/4 sold out so don’t wait too long. There will not be a second edition.

Please let me know how it works for you. 
Andrew McGregor

If you enjoyed this post you also might like to join my email list. You get my free eBook Simply Learn Tarot and extra content about how to find happiness and live a spiritual life that I only share with my list. You can sign up here.

If you would like to get some personal attention from me you can book a reading in person in Toronto, or from anywhere by phone or Skype. Just contact me to set up an appointment.

EP06 Interviews about Change with James Wells

This is the fifth interview in a series about changing, getting stuck and finding the life you want. You can subscribe to get future posts via RSS or email or iTunes.

If you’d like to see more of what James is up to you can find all his stuff on his website or on our podcast page.

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Would you like to learn more about reading Tarot or get a reading done? I am available anywhere in the world via phone or skype or in person in Toronto. Contact me for details.

EP05 Interviews about change with Lon Milo Duquette

This is the forth interview in a series about changing, getting stuck and finding the life you want. You can subscribe to get future posts via RSS or email or iTunes.

In this interview I chat with Lon Milo DuQuette about change, tarot and initiation. We cover:

• the relationship between asking the right question and getting the answer you need
• ceremonial magick and it’s relationship to the tarot
• what magickal people ask when they get readings
• the real reason Lon made his own deck

Interviews about change with Lon Milo DuQuette. (48 minutes – 44mb, right-click to download on a PC, option-click on a Mac.)

If you’d like to see more of what Lon is up to you can find all his stuff on his facebook page here or email him directly.

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Would you like to learn more about reading Tarot or get a reading done? I am available anywhere in the world via phone or skype or in person in Toronto. Contact me for details.